Bryony Whitaker, Author at Lamson Dugan & Murray LLP

About Bryony Whitaker

Bryony J. Whitaker joined Lamson Dugan & Murray’s West Des Moines Office as an associate in the litigation department after graduating from the University of Iowa, College of Law. While at law school, Bryony gained practical legal experience working as a law clerk for a US-based Fortune 500 company. In this role she was given great levels of responsibility, including negotiating contracts with a top ten global logistics provider, assisting with drafting policy manuals to be distributed to sales representatives throughout the US and Canada, and educating employees on antitrust laws.

13 Dec, 2022

The Smiling Tiger: Think Twice About the Production of Correspondence With the Iowa DIA

Bryony Whitaker2022-12-13T16:49:59-06:00December 13th, 2022|LDM MedMal Forum|

I have had countless Plaintiffs’ attorneys ask for various forms of evidence involving interactions between the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (DIA) and our client. And why wouldn’t they? The Iowa DIA works together with hospitals and medical providers to produce the best possible healthcare. Their inspections and subsequent findings are intended to find areas of improvement, not to identify breaches in the standard of care. To dig-up evidence [...]